Word: start
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...management of the H. A. A. has decided to start the games this afternoon at 3 o'clock, instead of 2.30 as is customary. The meeting will be an important one. It will show who will compose the teams which are to be sent to Cedarhurst next Saturday and to New York for the Mott Haven games. The candidates have been doing good work this spring and it is hoped the meeting will show the results of it. The entries are as follows...
...Charles is growing stronger year by year, as the crowded tug boats and the alley along the river, packed full of people, will amply testify to. Although the race did not begin at the advertised time, still the promptitude and energy in getting everything ready for the start evinced by the management was such that what little room for censure there is on this score can easily be overlooked. There were two things that occurred in the race, however, which need to be spoken of in order that they may be avoided in the future. The tug boats kept...
BICYCLE CLUB.- There will be a run, if the weather permits, to Malden, tomorrow afternoon. Start from University...
Eighty-nine took the lead at the start. At the end of the first quarter of a mile '89 was ahead, with '90 and '88 close behind. At this time '88 and '91 were running 36 strokes to a minute; '89 and '90 were rowing more steadily at 33. '90 spurted and took the lead. From this time until the end of the race, '90 gradually drew ahead of the other boats. The freshmen dropped slowly to the rear and were practically out of the race from the beginning. At the end of the mile '90 was two boat lengths...
...order that crews may be properly clothed as quickly as possible after the finish, it is suggested that each be provided with a bag to be passed down the boat before the start to receive all sweaters...